PantheaCon 2019: Full Schedule

Join our huge and varied Pagan, Heathen, Wiccan, Reconstructionist, Indigenous, spiritual and magical groups in education and celebration February 2019 in San Jose, CA. More information can be found about the conference at www.pantheacon.com

The schedule is complete as of November 12, 2018 - changes/cancellations will be entered as often as possible. If you sync a personal schedule with your phone it will auto update the next time you open the application.

1:30pm AKST

Healthy Boundaries in a Pagan Community

What defines a healthy community? How do you build a solid foundation for a Pagan practice that takes your needs as well as the needs of the Community into account? We look to community relationships to connect with others who share our experience and finding a healthy environment is essential. We'll discuss things to look for in groups so that we can ensure we're taking care of our needs and the needs of our community. We'll explore navigating complex group dynamics, common boundary violations, our personal needs, and more.

Speakers

& River Devora

Shauna Aura Knight

An artist, author, activist, and community builder, Shauna travels nationally offering workshops on the transformative arts of ritual, community leadership, and personal growth. She’s the author of The Leader Within, Ritual Facilitation, Dreamwork for the Initiate’s Path, and... Read More →

Adrianne Street

Adrianne Street is a spirit worker, Witch, and performer based out of Stockton, CA. As a Devotional Polythiest and a Dedicant Priest with the Coru Cathubodua, Addy is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the Irish Gods through music, performance art, crafting, and ritual. She has... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

General Pagan, Panel

3:30pm AKST

Invoking the Divine - Ritual Invocations

Invocations are a thread between human and the divine – and invocation is a skill that can be learnt and practiced. Effective invocations draw the presence of the Goddess, Deity or other being into the room, the ritual, and even into the person invoking. In this experiential workshop we will learn, step by step, what makes an effective invocation and practice these skills. Experiment with words, tone, pacing and volume as well as gestures, movement and that sense of imminence that is felt in the most powerful invocations. Bring along a Goddess, Deity or other presence you would like to invoke.

Speakers

Jane Meredith

Jane Meredith is an Australian author and ritualist. Her books include ‘Aspecting the Goddess’, 'Journey to the Dark Goddess', 'Circle of Eight’, and (co-authored with Gede Parma) 'Magic of the Iron Pentacle’. ‘Elements of Magic: Reclaiming Earth, Air, Fire, Water & Spirit... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

General Pagan, Workshop

7:00pm AKST

~Sekhmet~ Embracing Your Sex and Inner Fire

She rises again! Join the Sekhmet Ritual Meditation! Sekhmet's temples were dedicated to healing and raising sexual energy (kundalini). Ignite your desires, freedom and fire within. I will lead you through an ancient Chakra system flowing through Her lands, embedded symbols within the Goddess Sekhmet awaken your kundalini. Learning Her symbols while enlivening and activating your sexuality, the root of your creative forces. You will be shown how these energies can be run individually and with another. Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian goddess but this is not a Kemetic ritual. Sa Sekhem Sahu!

Speakers

Ali Montgomery

Ali Montgomery is a Witch, Artist, Trainer, Erotic Vitality Coach and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. As a Priestess of Sekhmet for 20+ years, 3rd degree Chthonian Tradition and practicing basics in both Ifa and Lucumi she blends art and magic into her everyday training's and invites... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 7:00pm - 8:30pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

Egyptian-Kemetic, Ritual

1:30pm AKST

Sacred Sound: Chanting, Trancing, & Music Techniques for Ritual

Singing, chanting, drumming, and playing instruments are some of the most potent ritual techniques. You can raise energy, hold space, and shift consciousness through music. It’s an easy way to shift consciousness in a group, but music can be intimidating for non-musicians. We’ll explore basic chanting and then begin layering on harmonies, rhythms, instruments, and more. How can you use music in ritual to engage a trance state, to invoke a deity, or weave a spell? Musicians, bring your voices, instruments, and expertise! Those new to music, come prepared to experiment. All skill levels welcome.

Speakers

Shauna Aura Knight

Saturday February 16, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

General Pagan, Workshop

3:30pm AKST

Self care in polytheist practice and introduction to The Dagda

Is your life high stress? Have a demanding devotional practice? Welcome to a healing and refreshing session of storytelling and discussion about meeting the demands of an active polytheist practice. Come hear how swearing an oath to a priesthood dedicated to The Morrigan changed my life & how hearing stories of The Dagda helped me find balance & grow strong. The Dagda’s following is growing because the world is in need of a god who embodies healthy masculinity including some readings from the Harp, Club & Cauldron - A Harvest of Knowledge. A curated anthology by Lora O'Brien & Morpheus Ravenna from Eel & Otter Press.

Speakers

Meg Baker Heal and Jess Bear

Meg Baker Heal is a founding member of the Coru Cathubodua. queer, white, cis woman passionate about social justice, she asks us to recognize that most Americans are living on occupied native lands. As a a psychic medium she has been committed to building pagan community for 20 years... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

Celtic-Druid, Discussion

7:00pm AKST

Nine Faces of Odin

Is Odin a patriarchal battle-god or the Wanderer who learns from women? He has more by-names than any other Norse god, but who is he really? In this ritual, we’ll meet nine of his major aspects through song and story. For more, see Odin by Diana L. Paxson

Speakers

Diana Paxson

Diana L. Paxson is the author of many novels on pagan themes, and a number of popular non-fiction books, including /The Way of the Oracle/ and /The Essential Guide to Possession/. She writes a regular column on goddesses for /Sagewoman/. She is also an elder and former Steerswoman... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 7:00pm - 8:30pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

Asatru-Heathen, Ritual

9:00am AKST

Living Theurgy & Theurgic Activism Panel

Theurgy, or “god working”, is a branch of magick practiced by some of the brightest minds in the ancient world. It aims at union with the divine. Certain ceremonial magick groups have brought back theurgy, with some practicing a modernized version and others (e.g. Aurum Solis), remaining traditional. The panel believes that theurgy can be used in a very real and practical way to transform individuals to effect social, economic and environmental change, for the benefit of all lifeforms - human and non-human. This is a wonderful starting point for those who want to make the world a better place.

Speakers

Theurgy Panel

Panel featuring authors Brandy Williams, John Opsopaus (Bruce MacLennan), Jean-Louis de Biasi and Tony Mierzwicki who regularly come together on podcasts hosted by Hercules Invictus to present theurgy to a wide audience. This is an opportunity for listeners and other interested parties... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

General Pagan, Panel

11:00am AKST

Hardship, Fear, and Power ~ A Deep Wild Magick of Connection

Within the shifting constellations of our communities, we find ourselves moving through, with and about all the aspects of life, some more difficult than others. Unburdening ourselves and sharing these hardships can make them easier to bear. Hearing others speak of their own fears and pain can open our hearts in new ways. Using techniques developed by the Deep Well ~ Great Heart Society, in this ritual we will explore the empowering magick of revelation, witnessing, acceptance, and connection.

Speakers

Jenya T. Beachy

Jenya T. Beachy is an Author, Teacher, Preacher, Rootworker, Farmer, and Witch. She has been walking the Twisted Path of the Craft for over 25 years, studying the old ways and forging new ones. Her Work combines the clean, simple magick of the Kitchen Witch and the dark, wild magick... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 11:00am - 12:30pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

General Pagan, Ritual

1:30pm AKST

Waters of Life, Lady of Magic - An Offering Rite to Isis

Ritual offerings can place the devotee into a flow of connection with the Divine. In this session, we will step into that flow with Isis in her forms as Great Mother and Mistress of Magic and offer unto her sacred waters of healing and renewal. In this interactive rite, we will raise our voices together to invoke Eternal Isis into our circle, share a personal gift of Nile water with the Goddess and call upon Her powers of enchantment to bring needed change into our lives.

Speakers

The House of Golden Isis

The House of Golden Isis is a small collective of practitioners dedicated to the worship of the Goddess of Ten Thousand Names. The group’s practice is modern rather than reconstructionist and closely follows the ritual structure created by Isidora Forrest in her book Isis Magic... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

Egyptian-Kemetic, Ritual

3:30pm AKST

The Thelemic Mass

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Thelemic Mass, created by James A. Eshelman (published in his book, 776 1/2), is based on Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass, but with some key differences, such as the inclusion of a list of female saints. Join us in this beautiful participatory and eucharistic Thelemic ritual! Love is the law, love under will. (note: Healiopolis is not affiliated with James Eshelman.)

Speakers

Healiopolis

Healiopolis is a non-profit and non-partisan Thelemic organization dedicated to creating spaces where all Thelemites, regardless of affiliation, can feel welcome to celebrate, practice magick & ritual, and serve their community

Sunday February 17, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

Ceremonial, Ritual

9:00pm AKST

Honoring the Ancestors of Justice and Strength

The wisdom of the ancestors defy ordinary concepts of guidance and support; it is connection gained through experience and timeless intergenerational knowledge. Join us for a ritualistic honoring of the ancestors of justice and strength as we embark at the crossroads of our generation. We will be honoring ancestors of the many different socio-political movements of our past and using that time to reflect on our journey forward. May the way be clear.

Speakers

Crystal Blanton

Crystal Blanton is an author, priestess and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She works with marginalized populations within the Bay Area and does activism work around injustice to disrupt systemic racism and oppression. Unkle Blacktalon Destiny is a member of American Umbanda House... Read More →

Jacki Chuculate and others

Elena Rose

A storyteller from rural Oregon, Elena Rose has distinguished herself as a writer and educator on intersectional justice issues. Her approach balances deep scholarship with an equal dedication to accessible, approachable learning wherever people may come from. Elena lives and works... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 9:00pm - 10:30pm AKST
San Martin/ San Simeon

General Pagan, Ritual